Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1887-01-14
RRIEFS.

nrg,in'' ,,,rs hear with patient
INV ION the cold snaps like the one
,ti6i. week ,,onaor.or ba. been
~ .-.,l postmaster at Frederick, Nd,
" ',' the President. .,.,. .,.,m.r on,
lI r,isv giving it trial. She was
= ,ich., a. usual.
' SIN Riley, landlord Of the Mansion
'y :, Hager,town, died last satur-
o.' lie was a ears of age.
charles Ghislein will preach at
.Li,,st Springs oil Sunday. His APP
P" .,m,o,, here will not be filled.
West Virginia Bar Association
1i.r.drstannual meeting in Charles
-, wednesday, Jan. 10Th, 1887.
~ ere Indebted to Mr.. John NJ.
of Independence, Mo-, for
49,. ~, of some live Western papers.
.. 10 hope some one will have
op the Charlestown editors and
y. hem a couple of loads of wood.
n,ripg the frosty mornings Of the
rssk the wagons grinding on the
have sounded like steam cailiopes.
p Clark. of the Buckhannon Delta :,
elected President of the West Va
~, association, at its recent meeting
rJr.i'on
W. W. snyder, Of this place, has
cured an appointment as proof-read'r
h, Government Printing Office at
Washington.
Tie matrimonial boom seems to be
ding now. We don't know why
.,tsre are still lots of pretty girls in
,s2herdsiown.
w.haye Just made reduction in the
..,sof printed note-heads, bill-heads,
LINES. sc. Call and see our samples
.-i give us an order.
The poles are being erected between
n-H,l, and Shepherdstown for the
..,bore. Progress in this sort Of
,.,,beri, necessarily slow.
D- Tanners old mule, which Is sup
,,.sj to have been somewhere near a
.,fcen,ury old, died last week. can
,.r.T old land mark gone"
Potomac Building Association No. =
,loacr for sale several shares of stock
,.v Monday evening in Mr.. G. NJ.
s.lhooyers office at o'clock.
VIC. T. Licklider has bought of the
f..-.oi the late John Marshall y acres
,rgimproved land near Kearneysville.
rs price paid was 81 800 cash.
The town Of Williamsport, Nd, will
leone hundred years old on the 18th Of
az. May, and it is proposed to have a
rs.ic celebration of the event.
Ne.srs. J. II. Beachley & Co., of
Hssers,own, will be in Shepherdstown
r.Ir Thursday 10 sell ladies' cloaks.
Rad their advertisement elsewhere. =
Rev. Dallas Tucker, Of Charlestown,
reached in the Episcopal church of
s,ph.rduown last Sunday morning.
Mr.. Mason filed Mr.. fuckers pulpit.
Ben Pendleton's Advertisements con-
.n1e 10 be a. spicy and interesting IS
ever i.i.ol no use for Us to tell our
r,ljeis to notice it, for they all read it
y'ly week.
The President on Monday sent to the
senate the name OF Lieutenant Colonel
Wm. 2. Crsighill, corps of engineers.
10 be colonel. The gentleman referred
10 from this county.
I'll, Cumberland Valley Railroad
employee. are being examined for color
blindness. Engineers, tiremen, conduc-
'ori, brakesmen and all trainmen must
lave their eyes tested.
We are indebted To the Baltimore Sun
hracOpy Of It's almanac for 1897. 1t
C'amins An enormous amount Of valua-
osInfOrmati0n and is desirable addi-
uou 10 the editors table.
Nr. NJ. p. Crowl obtained the con-
hi.,for filing the large ice-house OF
The Shenandoah Valley Railroad at this
p.'te and had big force Of men and
team, at work the first of the week.
The notorious Jim Pickett was killed
bSer>;own last week BY man
lmed d. I. Brown, who put five bull
e. in PickStt's body Brown claimed
IA, Pickett had drugged aud robbed
l.m
capt. Edgar Lee has contracted to
erect the telephone poles from Duff
hdI, 10 Shepherdstown. Mr.. Michael
>'ir.eTs has the contract from Charles
o"a TO Dufhelds. which is nearly COM
Rg'ei.-Spilt.
Ar. John B. Fayman showed us an
egg Oh Monday that was certainly an
emblem Of good luck. 1t had perfect
Representation of a horseshoe in a raised
SUBSTANCE on one end. We shall not be
surprised to hear of John falling heir to
ts fortune soon.
Nr. W. G.. Mcdowell, of Philadel-
FAa' late comptroller of the Shenan-
'ah Valley Railroad Company, has
e'n appointed treasurer Of the same
company. He succeeds Mr.. Smith, who
a'' been appointed treasurer Of the
f''hsylvinis Railroad Company.
At the Frederick Junction OF ths Bal
more aud Ohio Railroad last Friday
'h's. Bassford, aged 81 years, employees
"a brakeman on freight train, in at.
Nnphng to couple ears while in mo-
non slipped On the ice, fell under the
Sueel', and was almost instantly killed